1984–85 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Milwaukee Bucks 1985 yes 59 23 Central 1 2 Don Nelson Don Nelson Jim Fitzgerald MECCA Arena WVTV, Sportsvue WTMJ Conference semifinals(lost to 76ers 0–4) MIL The 1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 17th season in the NBA. For the first time since 1976–77 season, Marques Johnson was not on the opening day roster.1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks Draft picks 1984 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 21 Kenny Fields SF/SG UCLA 3 67 Vernon Delancy Florida 5 113 Ernie Floyd Holy Cross 6 120 McKinley Singleton G Alabama-Birmingham 6 136 Mike Reddick Stetson 7 159 Tony William Florida State 8 182 Brad Jergenson South Carolina 9 204 Edwin Green Massachusetts Amherst 10 226 Mike Toomer Florida A&M Roster Milwaukee Bucks 1984–85 #255325 #FFFFFF #d4312a #FFFFFF 45 Randy Breuer C 7 3 230 1960–10–11 Minnesota 34 Terry Cummings PF 6 9 220 1961–03–15 DePaul 24 Charles Davis basketball, born 1958 SF 6 7 215 1958–10–05 Vanderbilt 10 Mike Dunleavy Sr. PG 6 3 180 1954–03–21 South Carolina yes 50 Chris Engler C 6 11 245 1959–03–01 Wyoming 7 Kenny Fields SF 6 5 220 1962–02–09 UCLA 35 Kevin Grevey SF 6 5 210 1953–05–12 Kentucky 15 Craig Hodges SG 6 2 190 1960–06–27 Long Beach State 53 Alton Lister C 7 0 240 1958–10–01 Arizona State 44 Paul Mokeski C 7 0 250 1957–01–03 Kansas 4 Sidney Moncrief PG 6 3 180 1957–09–21 Arkansas 22 Ricky Pierce SG 6 4 205 1959–08–19 Rice 25 Paul Pressey SF 6 5 185 1958–12–24 Tulsa 6 Paul Thompson basketball SF 6 6 210 1961–05–25 Tulane Don Nelson Mike Schuler Garry St. Jean (L) On leave from the team https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1985.html Regular season Season standings MIL MIL z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season Milwaukee Bucks 1985 #006400 #B22222 Total: 59–23 (home: 36–5; road: 23–18) Milwaukee Bucks October yes #B22222 #006400 2 0 0 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | October 27, 1984 | Chicago | W 108–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 29, 1984 | @ Chicago | L 110–116 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | October 31, 1984 | Washington | W 105–79 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–1 Milwaukee Bucks November #B22222 #006400 6 0 3 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 2, 1984 | @ Washington | W 102–96 | | | | Capital Centre | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | November 3, 1984 | Cleveland | W 117–88 | | | | MECCA Arena | 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 7, 1984 | Atlanta | W 103–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 9, 1984 | Indiana | W 122–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 10, 1984 | @ Detroit | L 100–104 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 | November 13, 1984 | @ Atlanta | W 110–99 | | | | The Omni | 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 15, 1984 | @ L.A. Clippers | W 103–90 | | | | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 8–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 16, 1984 | @ Phoenix | L 106–118 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 8–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 18, 19849:30p.m. CST | @ L.A. Lakers | L 89–96 | Cummings (29) | Cummings (10) | Dunleavy, Pressey (6) | The Forum12,768 | 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 20, 1984 | @ Dallas | L 108–109 | | | | Reunion Arena | 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 21, 1984 | Chicago | W 108–98 | | | | MECCA Arena | 9–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 24, 1984 | Golden State | W 103–97 | | | | MECCA Arena | 10–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 27, 1984 | @ Indiana | L 105–126 | | | | Market Square Arena | 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 28, 1984 | @ Atlanta(at New Orleans, LA) | L 83–95 | | | | Lakefront Arena | 10–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | November 30, 1984 | New York | W 118–100 | | | | MECCA Arena | 11–7 Milwaukee Bucks December #B22222 #006400 7 1 4 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 1, 1984 | @ Washington | L 97–100 | | | | Capital Centre | 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 5, 1984 | @ Philadelphia | L 111–112 | | | | The Spectrum | 11–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 | December 6, 1984 | Detroit | W 114–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 12–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 | December 8, 1984 | Indiana | W 99–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 11, 1984 | @ Cleveland | W 120–106 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 14–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 12, 1984 | @ New Jersey | L 109–116 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 14, 1984 | Philadelphia | L 111–115 | | | | MECCA Arena | 14–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 16, 1984 | Utah | W 115–102 | | | | MECCA Arena | 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 18, 1984 | Dallas | W 110–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 16–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 | December 19, 1984 | @ Boston | W 107–92 | | | | Boston Garden | 17–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | December 21, 1984 | @ Philadelphia | W 104–101 | | | | The Spectrum | 18–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 22, 1984 | San Antonio | W 101–90 | | | | MECCA Arena | 19–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 31 | December 26, 1984 | Houston | W 97–87 | | | | MECCA Arena | 20–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | December 29, 1984 | @ Cleveland | W 115–102 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 21–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | December 30, 1984 | Boston | W 114–98 | | | | MECCA Arena | 22–11 Milwaukee Bucks January #B22222 #006400 5 2 5 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 3, 1985 | L.A. Clippers | W 111–87 | | | | MECCA Arena | 23–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 4, 1985 | @ Chicago | L 101–106 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 23–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 5, 1985 | Philadelphia | L 106–110 | | | | MECCA Arena | 23–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 8, 1985 | Washington | L 95–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 23–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 | January 9, 1985 | @ Indiana | W 106–105 | | | | Market Square Arena | 24–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 | January 11, 1985 | Cleveland | W 130–117 | | | | MECCA Arena | 25–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 13, 1985 | Denver | W 140–116 | | | | MECCA Arena | 26–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 15, 19857:30p.m. CST | L.A. Lakers | W 115–105 | Cummings (39) | Cummings, Lister (9) | Pressey (12) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 27–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 | January 18, 1985 | New Jersey | W 102–93 | | | | MECCA Arena | 28–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 24, 1985 | @ Kansas City | W 120–119 | | | | Kemper Arena | 29–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 | January 26, 1985 | @ Houston | W 105–102 | | | | The Summit | 30–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 45 | January 27, 1985 | @ San Antonio | W 106–93 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 31–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 | January 29, 1985 | @ Golden State | W 108–101 | | | | Oakland-Alamdea County Coliseum Arena | 32–14 Milwaukee Bucks February #B22222 #006400 3 2 6 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | February 1, 1985 | @ Seattle | W 109–91 | | | | Kingdome | 32–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 2, 1985 | @ Portland | W 105–95 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 33–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 4, 1985 | Detroit | L 111–113 (OT) | | | | MECCA Arena | 34–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6, 1985 | @ New Jersey | L 93–106 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 34–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 7, 1985 | Atlanta | L 91–94 (OT) | | | | MECCA Arena | 34–17 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 52 | February 12, 1985 | New Jersey | W 111–103 | | | | MECCA Arena | 35–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 53 | February 14, 1985 | @ Indiana | W 132–128 (OT) | | | | Market Square Arena | 36–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | February 17, 1985 | Chicago | W 125–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 37–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 19, 1985 | @ New York | W 129–118 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 38–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 20, 1985 | @ Detroit | W 113–112 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 39–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 23, 1985 | @ Cleveland | L 106–128 | | | | Richfield Coliseum | 39–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 | February 26, 1985 | Philadelphia | W 116–97 | | | | MECCA Arena | 40–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 | February 27, 1985 | @ Utah | W 119–100 | | | | Salt Palace Acord Arena | 41–18 Milwaukee Bucks March #B22222 #006400 9 0 4 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | March 2, 1985 | @ Denver | L 140–116 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 41–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | March 5, 1985 | Seattle | W 102–87 | | | | MECCA Arena | 42–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 62 | March 8, 1985 | Kansas City | W 127–114 | | | | MECCA Arena | 43–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 | March 10, 1985 | Portland | W 110–94 | | | | MECCA Arena | 44–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 64 | March 11, 1985 | @ Atlanta | W 121–115 | | | | The Omni | 45–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65 | March 13, 1985 | Cleveland | W 128–93 | | | | MECCA Arena | 46–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 66 | March 16, 1985 | Phoenix | W 125–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 47–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 17, 1985 | @ Chicago | L 117–119 (OT) | | | | Chicago Stadium | 47–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 68 | March 19, 1985 | New Jersey | W 130–111 | | | | MECCA Arena | 48–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 20, 1985 | @ Boston | L 105–107 | | | | Boston Garden | 48–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 70 | March 22, 1985 | @ Philadelphia | W 131–112 | | | | The Spectrum | 49–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 71 | March 23, 1985 | Indiana | W 140–129 | | | | MECCA Arena | 50–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 | March 25, 1985 | New York | W 126–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 51–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 73 | March 26, 1985 | @ Washington | W 107–96 | | | | Capital Centre | 52–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 | March 28, 1985 | @ New York | W 121–116 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 53–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 | March 30, 1985 | Atlanta | W 106–95 | | | | MECCA Arena | 54–21 Milwaukee Bucks April #B22222 #006400 4 0 1 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 76 | April 2, 1985 | Boston | W 109–103 | | | | MECCA Arena | 55–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 77 | April 4, 1985 | Detroit | W 130–121 | | | | MECCA Arena | 56–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 6, 1985 | @ New Jersey | L 104–108 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 56–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 7, 1985 | @ Detroit | L 91–113 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 56–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 10, 1985 | Washington | W 106–97 | | | | MECCA Arena | 57–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 12, 1985 | @ Boston | W 115–113 (OT) | | | | Boston Garden | 58–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 | April 13, 1985 | New York | W 88–84 | | | | MECCA Arena | 59–23 MIL 1985 Playoffs Milwaukee Bucks 1985 yes #006400 #B22222 Milwaukee Bucks First Round yes yes no #B22222 #006400 2 0 1 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 19, 1985 | Chicago | W 109–100 | Moncrief (30) | Mokeski (10) | Pressey (9) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 21, 1985 | Chicago | W 122–115 | Cummings (30) | Cummings (9) | Cummings (11) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 24, 1985 | @ Chicago | L 107–109 | Cummings (37) | Cummings (9) | Moncrief, Pressey (5) | Chicago Stadium17,225 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 26, 1985 | @ Chicago | W 105–97 | Cummings (29) | Cummings (12) | Pressey (4) | Chicago Stadium17,787 | 3–1 |- Milwaukee Bucks Conference semifinals yes no #B22222 #006400 0 2 0 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 28, 1985 | Philadelphia | L 105–127 | Cummings (17) | Pressey (10) | Hodges, Pressey (8) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 30, 1985 | Philadelphia | L 108–112 | Cummings (41) | Cummings, Lister (12) | Pressey (16) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 3, 1985 | @ Philadelphia | L 104–109 | Cummings (21) | Cummings, Lister (8) | Pressey (7) | The Spectrum14,188 | 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 5, 1985 | @ Philadelphia | L 112–121 | Moncrief, Pressey (25) | Lister (14) | Moncrief (8) | The Spectrum15,264 | 0–4 |- MIL 1985 yes Player statistics Source:1984-85 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1985.html 2021-06-03 Basketball-Reference.com en Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Terry Cummings 79 78 34.5 49.5 0.0 74.1 9.1 2.9 1.5 0.823.6 Sidney Moncrief 73 72 37.5 48.3 27.3 82.8 5.4 5.2 1.6 0.521.7 Paul Pressey 80 80 36.0 51.7 35.0 75.8 5.4 6.8 1.6 0.716.1 Craig Hodges 82 63 30.4 49.0 34.8 81.5 2.3 4.3 1.2 0.010.6 Alton Lister 81 80 25.8 53.8 0.0 58.8 8.0 1.6 0.6 2.19.9 Ricky Pierce 44 3 20.0 53.7 25.0 82.3 2.7 2.1 0.8 0.19.8 Mike Dunleavy 19 19 22.8 47.4 34.0 86.2 1.6 4.5 0.8 0.28.9 Paul Thompson 16 0 14.2 39.0 0.0 70.6 2.6 1.3 0.9 0.36.6 Paul Mokeski 79 6 20.1 47.8 0.0 69.8 5.2 1.3 0.4 0.46.2 Charles Davis 57 2 13.1 43.6 10.0 82.8 2.6 0.9 0.4 0.16.2 Kevin Grevey 78 6 15.2 44.8 24.2 82.2 1.3 1.2 0.4 0.06.1 Randy Breuer 78 0 13.9 51.1 0.0 70.1 3.3 0.5 0.3 1.15.3 Kenny Fields 51 1 10.5 44.0 0.0 75.0 1.6 0.7 0.2 0.23.8 Larry Micheaux 18 0 9.5 48.6 0.0 70.6 2.4 0.7 0.4 0.42.6 Mark West 1 0 6.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.02.0 Thirdkill, David David Thirdkill 6 0 2.7 75.0 0.0 50.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.01.2 Lorenzo Romar 4 0 4.0 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.00.5 Chris Engler 1 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.00.0 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Terry Cummings 8 8 38.9 57.7 0.0 82.8 8.8 2.5 1.5 0.927.5 Sidney Moncrief 8 7 39.9 55.6 40.0 93.3 4.3 5.0 0.6 0.523.0 Paul Pressey 8 8 37.0 51.1 33.3 81.6 6.0 7.6 2.3 0.615.3 Ricky Pierce 8 1 24.8 49.3 0.0 77.8 2.3 1.9 0.4 0.19.9 Alton Lister 8 8 25.4 45.0 0.0 46.9 7.8 1.9 0.8 1.98.6 Hodges, Craig Craig Hodges 8 8 27.0 36.4 17.4 80.0 1.6 3.3 1.5 0.18.0 Paul Mokeski 8 0 19.3 44.4 0.0 100.0 4.3 1.5 0.3 0.55.5 Randy Breuer 8 0 13.0 57.7 0.0 66.7 3.0 0.0 0.3 0.35.5 Paul Thompson 3 0 11.3 41.7 0.0 60.0 1.7 0.7 1.3 0.34.3 Charles Davis 5 0 10.2 40.0 0.0 75.0 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.03.8 Kevin Grevey 5 0 5.6 30.8 0.0 100.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.02.4 Chris Engler 1 0 6.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.02.0 Awards and records Don Nelson, NBA Coach of the Year Award Sidney Moncrief, All-NBA Second Team Terry Cummings, All-NBA Second Team Sidney Moncrief, NBA All-Defensive First Team Paul Pressey, NBA All-Defensive First Team Transactions Trades September 29, 1984 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Terry Cummings Craig Hodges Ricky Pierce To Los Angeles Clippers---- Junior Bridgeman Harvey Catchings Marques Johnson References See also 1984-85 NBA 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